Asheville woman wins $100,000 lottery prize

RALEIGH - Ivy Martin of Asheville is the second player to claim the $100,000 top prize in the Black Onyx 7's game.

She purchased the lucky ticket at the Hot Spot on Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville, lottery officials said in a news release.

“I saw a seven and I knew I had won something,” Martin said in the release. “Then I scratched off the prize and I didn't think it could be real. When I took it back to the store and they told me I had to claim it at the lottery headquarters, it clicked for me. This feels great.”

Martin said she plans to use her winnings, worth $68,001 after taxes were withheld, to pay bills and breathe easier, according to the release.

As of Thursday afternoon, three more top prizes remain to be claimed in the Black Onyx 7's game.

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